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Growth, coverage and popularity

Started in June 2002, it reached one thousand articles in May 2011.[3][7][8] As of January 2013, it has 3,184 articles, the 161st on the list of Wikipedias according to article count.[9] Odia Wikipedians have organized meetups and workshops in seven different cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Anugul, Balasore, Bangalore and New Delhi[10] across India.[11] The readership has increased over 300% in the last six months. The page views per month is at 4.84 lakh. This Wikipedia ranks 134 among the 289 world language Wikipedias, as on August 23, 2015.[12][13]